Article: Humans and Earth

How long have humans lived on Earth?

• About 200,000 years

• About 2,000 years

• About 20,000 years

• About 2,000,000 years

What were the first people called?

• Farmers and builders

• Hunters and gatherers

• Teachers and students

• Kings and queens

Why did early humans have to move all the time?

• To find new friends

• To escape wild animals

• To get the food they needed to live

• To build new houses

What important change happened about 12,000 years ago?

• People learned to fly

• People developed farming

• People built cars

• People invented writing

How did farming change people’s lives?

• They could travel more

• They could grow their own plants and raise animals

• They could swim better

• They could climb mountains

Why did farming have a huge impact on the planet?

• It made the weather change

• It allowed people to stop hunting all the time and settle in one place

• It made animals disappear

• It made the Earth smaller

Why is it important for farmers to understand the local climate?

• So they can travel more

• So they can predict when to harvest crops

• So they can build bigger houses

• So they can find new animals

Which of the following is a result of people having more time because of farming?

• They moved to new places every day

• They learned new skills and invented new things

• They stopped eating food

• They forgot how to build houses

How do the length of days change as summer approaches?

• Days get shorter

• Days stay the same

• Days get longer

• Nights disappear

Why is information about a place’s climate important for farmers?

• It helps them decide what crops to grow.

• It helps them find new animals.

• It helps them build houses.

• It helps them travel faster.